Integration of bow-tie plasmonic nano-antennas on tapered fibers

Opt Express. 2017 Apr 17;25(8):8986-8996. doi: 10.1364/OE.25.008986.

Abstract

In this article, a new and flexible approach to control the electric field enhancement of bow-tie nano-antennas by integrating them on the lateral of a tapered optical fiber is proposed. The device is driven by a Q-switched laser and the performance of a fabricated nano-antenna in a quartz slide is tested by a Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) experiment. A refractive index sensing experiment is also performed and a sensitivity of (240 ± 30) nm/RIU is found in the 1.33-1.35 index range.